Following the death and resurrection of jesus, the (first blank) wrote down and spread his teachings. one man, (second blank) traveled throughout much of the roman empire, and attracted many new followers to jesus's message. as more (third blank) adopted the idea of jesus as the messiah, christianity became a religion distinct from judaism. the first blank: 1. apostles 2. martyrs 3. pharisees 4. prefects the second blank: 1. john 2. paul 3. peter 4. luke the third blank: 1. sadducees 2. non-jews 3. disciples 4. priests

The persians landed in the plains near athens. as their army greatly outnumbered that of the greeks, the greeks hoped to find aid from nearby sparta. a long-distance runner named pheidippides was sent from athens to sparta to request , but the spartans were not able to send more soldiers at the time. regardless, the greeks were still able to win the battle. centuries later, legend developed that a runner had been sent from the battle to athens after the greek victory. after reaching athens, the runner proclaimed, "we are victorious! " and then fell to the ground and died. this legendary story is the inspiration for the modern long-distance runs that are performed today. this passage refers to the events of which battle during the persian wars? a. battle of thermopylae b. battle of salamis c. battle of plataea d. battle of marathon

11. why do citizens have to register to vote?

Which best describes the“brain trust” franklin roosevelt promised to make part of his administration? a group of america’s most successful businessmen, who would fix the economya group of hoover’s economic advisers, who would undo previous damage to the economya group of smart advisers, who would assist roosevelt in guiding the nation forwarda group of military veterans, who would assist roosevelt in putting americans back to work